Introduction No. 2

Note that this entry is a year older than the previous one. The 2010 trip was cancelled due to floods in Brazil, earthquakes in Chile, drug wars in Columbia, and on and on. We were just notified that the 2011 trip is on and will leave in mid-July. I'd say that there is a 90 percent chance we'll go this time. We will enter South America about the middle of their Fall. When we cross the equator in Ecuador, it will be the beginning of their Spring. Then as we travel south toward Cape Horn, it will be Summer. We have a lot of things to do and we'll keep you posted as we go along.